Butter-worker.



E. WELLS.

BUTTER WORKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1909.

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BUTTER-WORKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Application filed March 23, 1909. Serial No. 485,273.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA IVELLs, a citizen of the United States,residing at shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Workers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used for working butter, and hasespecial reference to that class of butter working devices in which awooden slab or tray is provided on which butter is pressed by means of aroller, said tray being so constructed as to permit the fluid expressedfrom the butter by the roller to readily escape from the tray to asuitable receptacle. 7

The invention has for an object to provide an improved device of thischaracter by means of which butter may be conveniently and efficientlypressed and the butter-milk or fluid, expressed therefrom, caused to bedischarged from the tray.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the inveu tion.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the sev eral views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

The butter worker constructed in accord ance with this inventionconsists of a portable slab or tray 1, usually constructed of wood, andprovided on each side and one end with the cleats or rails 2 which serveto retain the butter in place. The side rails converge toward thelongitudinal center of the tray at the lower end as shown at 3, to forma contracted outlet or escape opening for the fluid which is expressedfrom the butter.

In order that the butter milk or fluid expressed from the butter willreadily flow toward the opening at the end of the tray, suitable meansis provided to support the tray in an inclined or tilted position fromits rear end downward to its front end, as for example the cross-bar orcleat 4 secured to the under side of the tray 1, at its rear end.

In order to aid in carrying the expressed butter milk and fluid down tothe opening at the lower end of the tray the surface of the latter istransversely convex throughout its length, so as to gradually slopelaterally from the center line to the sides of the tray, and at thesides of the tray its surface is preferably provided at each side with alongitudinal groove 6 which extends along adjacent to the diagonal rail3 to the mouth of the opening 5. By this means effective removal of thebutter-milk or fluid from the central part where the butter ismanipulated is efiected, the liquid draining away from the butter at thesides and toward the lower end of the device. The liquid is thus removedfrom liability of being worked back into the butter after expression, asmight be the case with the usual device having a concave workingsurface.

In using the device, the tray 1 resting on a table or other suitablesupport, butter placed in the tray is pressed by means of a roller, andthe butter-milk or fluid expressed therefrom is confined by the siderails 2, and 3 and flows downwardly toward the opening 5 at the lowerend of the tray being directed thereto by the converging rails 3. Thebutter-milk or fluid escaping through the open ing or chute at the lowerend of the tray is caught in a suitable receptacle placed beneath thesame.

By means of this invention a simple, inexpensive, portable butter workeris provided with which butter may be efficient] y and easily worked andthe butter-milk or fluid conveniently withdrawn therefrom.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising an inclined trayhaving rails at opposite sides and one end, said side rails converginginwardly toward the longitudinal center of the tray at the other endthereof, the upper surface of said tray being transversely convex.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an inclined trayhaving rails at opposite sides and one end, said side rails converginginwardly toward the longitudinal center of the tray to provide an escapeopening at the other end thereof, said tray being transversely convexand having longitudlinal grooves at opposite sides between the rai s.

3. A device of the character described,

romprising a tray, a supporting cleat arranged under one end of saidtray, side rails disposed upon the tray on opposite sides and one endthereof, said side rails converging inwardly adjacent to the other endof the tray to form an escape opening, said tray being transverselyconvex and having grooves in its upper surface extending in parallelrelation to the side rails and in close proximity thereto. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ELLA WELLS. lVitnesses PEARL M. VVALKER, DAISY H. lVELLs.

